Sunan
Abi Dawud

سنن أبي داود

02

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

كتاب الصلاة

 

Chapter 211: Who Has More Right To Be Imam

باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 583

The version of this tradition narrated through a different chain by Shu’bah has the words

“A man should not lead the another man in prayer.

Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shu’bah in a similar way, i.e. the earliest of them in recitation.

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فِيهِ ‏"‏ وَلاَ يَؤُمُّ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ كَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ‏"‏ أَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَاءَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih Al-Albani